A toolkit, not a tutorial

Stuff that actually works.

A curated collection of prompts, workflows, and integrations for people who are AI-curious but not here for the hype. Grab what's useful, skip what isn't.

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Prompts

Prompt

Daily debrief

A structured end-of-day conversation that captures what you actually did, surfaces wins you'd otherwise skip past, and makes sure nothing important evaporates overnight.

daily systems workflow
Prompt

Daily debrief merge

Worked across multiple chats today? This merges everything into your daily debrief without losing anything or duplicating your voice.

daily systems obsidian
Prompt

Company research brief

Before you spend time applying, get a clear-eyed decision brief: what they do, financial health, PM culture, and a plain-language "dig deeper or move on."

job search
Prompt

Quick company scan

The five-minute version. What they do, financial signal, remote culture, red flags, and a bottom line. For when you need to decide fast.

job search
Prompt

Generate your writing style guide

Get a reusable description of how you write — so you can drop it into any new chat and the output actually sounds like you.

writing
Prompt

The context of you

Stop re-explaining yourself every time you open a new chat. Build a system that carries your context forward — intentionally, and in your own words.

context mgmt daily systems

Integrations

Integration

Connect Claude to Obsidian

Give Claude read and write access to your vault using MCPVault. Step-by-step for Windows and Mac, with the real gotchas — including why you need to back up your config first.

obsidian daily systems
Integration

Connect Claude to Todoist

Get Claude reading and creating your tasks. Useful for daily planning, debrief capture, and anything that should end up on a list.

daily systems

Tips & Tricks

Tip

How to write a good AI prompt

The fundamentals — what makes a prompt work and what makes it flail. Includes a formula, a real example, a do/don't guide, and a constraint cheat sheet. Save as PDF and keep it handy.

prompting basics
Tip

How to not lose your prompt work

Four prompts that keep your sessions coherent and your handoffs clean — so you're not reconstructing the current version from memory every time you open a new chat.

workflow context mgmt
Tip

Experimenting with AI tools

Not a ranking. Real opinions from real time spent with the big four — and how to actually figure out which one works for you.

workflow
Tip

Context is the whole thing

Not the prompt. Not the tool. What the AI actually knows about you is what determines whether you get something generic or something that fits.

context mgmt workflow

Guides

Guide

Cowork — Beyond the Obvious

Real use cases beyond "organize my downloads folder" — and the reframe that connects all of them.

workflow cowork automation

Built

Built

The Hunt

How I scoped, built, and shipped a personal job search tool — and what that process actually looked like.

job search workflow ai-assisted development